Growers
looking to increase yield and decrease risk will want to plant the best
possible wheat varieties this fall for top yields next summer. The annual Wheat
Planting Decision Meetings held on August 15, 16 and 17 will offer growers
insight into the highest-yielding varieties in the Colorado State University
(CSU) Uniform Variety Performance Trials and Collaborative On-Farm Tests
(COFT).

The
Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) and Colorado Wheat Research
Foundation (CWRF) host the annual meetings. Speakers will discuss the variety
and COFT trial results, the qualities of new varieties, new developments in
wheat breeding, the availability and value of certified wheat seed and the
Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA), and other topics.

Plan
to attend the meeting nearest you. A complimentary meal will be served at each
meeting and each grower who attends the meeting will receive a 1-gigabyte flash
drive containing the Wheat Variety Database, which allows growers to make
comparisons between varieties and look at data from the CSU trials going back
to 1990.

Meeting
Dates and Locations

Wednesday,
August 15:

Burlington:
6:30 p.m. Dinner meeting, Community Center

Thursday,
August 16:

Genoa: 7:30
a.m. Breakfast meeting, Dry Creek Seed Company

Akron: 12:00 p.m.
Lunch meeting, Central Great Plains Research Station

Haxtun/Dailey: 6:30
p.m. Dinner meeting, Anderson Wheat Farms

Friday,
August 18:

Wiggins/Hoyt: 7:30
a.m. Breakfast meeting at Midcap Farms

Dry
Bean Field days

Colorado State
University and the Colorado Dry Bean Administrative Committee invite you to
join them at one of the two 2012 Dry Bean Field Days. Participants will see the
newest dry bean varieties, tour research plots and hear the most up-to date
information on agronomic, disease and pest control practices for dry bean
production in Colorado.

The Yuma Field
Day will be held on August 22nd on the Richard Wacker farm at 1:30
p.m. Travel north from Yuma on Hwy 59 to Road 50, west 1 mile to road E, north
¼ mile, the plot is on the west side. GPS
coordinates: 40.3030 N and -102°7371 W. Refreshments are provided
courtesy of Trinidad Benham- Sterling, CO.

The Greeley
Field Day will be held on August 24th on Brian Lefgren’s farm at
10:00 a.m.

From Greeley on Weld County road
47, 2 miles north to road 66, west to road 45, south to the intersection of
road 64/45, and the plots are on the southeast corner.

Please contact me,
Bruce Bosley about these field days or other cropping systems or natural
resource topics at (970)768-6449 or bruce.bosley@colostate.edu.

Extension programs are available to all without
discrimination.If you have a disability
for which you seek an accommodation, please notify Bruce Bosley 7 days before
the event. Colorado State University Extension, U.S. Department of Agriculture
and Colorado Counties Cooperating.